One day, my friend Pete Fleischman was driving in the sand country of central Wisconsin when a couple of Huck Finn look-alikes popped out of the trees. They were carrying fishing rods and something ...

Several years ago, Bradd Sims, a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources trout biologist in Grant, Iowa and Lafayette counties, met some anglers from West Virginia who were passing through while ...

Wisconsin’s 2022 early catch-and-release trout season, which includes Fort McCoy streams and tributaries, opened Jan. 5 and continues until 11:59 p.m. May 6. Only artificial lures may be used during ...

Every time I fish a brook trout stream, I’m reminded why I have such a soft spot for them. I’m a sucker for dry fly eats, and a brook trout hits a dry fly like no other. The best thing about them?

If you get the chance to fish for native brook trout in their home waters, don't pass it up. There’s a lot to like about brook trout – even if they're technically a char, not a trout. They sport ...

New findings about how two trout species are faring in a warmer, wetter world could give Wisconsin scientists clues about how to help the fish thrive in the future — and continue to power a fishing ...

BIRCHWOOD – An inch of snow had fallen overnight, creating a fresh, clean slate across the Washburn County Forest on this December morning. As our group – Bill Smith and Dave Zeug, both of Shell Lake, ...

If you get the chance to fish for native brook trout in their home waters, don't pass it up. There’s a lot to like about brook trout – even if they're technically a char, not a trout. They sport ...

Recent stream surveys on Minnesota's North Shore show that so-called "coaster" brook trout are increasing in size and age, and state fisheries biologists believe restrictive regulations are helping ...